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View ArticleSociety of Architectural Historians 71st Annual International, Conference...
The Society of Architectural Historians will offer a total of 36 paper sessions at its 2018 Annual International Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Society invites its members, including graduate...
View ArticleUganda: Government to Take Over NHCC
The government has decided to take over total ownership of the National Housing and Construction Company to ensure adequate provision of low cost houses to public servants.The revelation was made by Mr...
View ArticleMarried to architecture: The Shah-Gore-Mody clan of 13 architects
It all started when Shilpa and Pinkish met at the JJ School of Architecture and got married in 1993. Ornella D'Souza visits the couple's Juhu home, where amid chatter, chai and hummus, the senior-most...
View ArticlePlanned housing needs cheaper loans: Mosharraf
Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Monday said that reduction of bank interest rates would help boost planned housing across the country, reports BSS."Long term loan system...
View ArticleArchitects’ participation in Smart City mission a must: Expert
Leading architects of Ludhiana under the banner of the Indian Institute of Architects Ludhiana Centre (IIALC), celebrated World Habitat Day.It was attended by office-bearers, executive members and...
View ArticleHavana's Hidden Architectural Gems
In more than two decades of reporting in Havana, I’ve grown accustomed to the visual signatures of the city: grimy old buildings, rattletrap cars, little that is new or bright. But that is only on the...
View ArticleSmart Cities Need a Dedicated, Long-Lived Machine Network
The rapid population growth in South Africa’s metropolitan cities over the last two decades has outpaced significantly the growth in capacity of their urban infrastructure networks. Cities have to...
View ArticleFuture-proofing Asian cities the smart way
Asia Pacific is set to pass a major milestone in 2018: The United Nations predictsthat more than half its population will be living in cities by then, meaning the region can no longer be regarded as...
View ArticleArchitectures, Natures and Data: The Politics of Environments | Tallinn,...
Two themes stand out prominently in discussions, projects and strategies that are at the forefront of contemporary urbanisation. It is, on the one hand, the question of ecology, where the city and...
View ArticleTowards an Art History of pre-contemporary Africa: Methodology,...
Call for Contributions to a thematic issue for 2018 (issue No. 9) of the online journal Afriques. Débats, méthodes et terrains d'histoireAfrican material culture is featured in art museums around the...
View ArticleThe Grammar of Things (Darmstadt, 14-17 Jun 17)
20th conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, SPT 2017: The Grammar of ThingsWhen we talk and think about technology, we are talking about ars and techne, artefacts and socio-technical...
View ArticleThe war on Delhi's death spots: Road researchers release Rs 52-crore plan to...
Motorists and pedestrians are most vulnerable at 10 very specific, and very deadly stretches of road in the national Capital.These black spots comprise merely 30 km of road length - 0.01 per cent of...
View ArticleShroff: Government unveils urban agenda for next 20 years
Stressing the need to go for a big push to fully realise the benefits of urbanisation, the government on Monday unveiled its urban development strategy for the next 20 years.Union Minister for Housing...
View ArticleGovernment unveils Urban Development strategy for the next 20 years
The Centre has unveiled the Urban Development strategy for the next 20 years to use growing urbanization for rapid economic development. Housing and urban poverty alleviation minister M Venkaiah Naidu...
View Article‘Small towns hurtling towards infra hellhole’
While report on India's small towns released by housing minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday depicts grim picture of inadequate infrastructure in these mushrooming urban settlements, particularly those...
View ArticleWorpswede conference October: We Need Your Car Keys!
Worpsweder Spekulationen #2 symposium with lectures, workshops, screenings by Melanie Bonajo, Bracha Ettinger, Anselm Franke, Laboria Cuboniks (Diann Bauer, Helen Hester) invited by Sam Basu, Anke...
View ArticleInvitation - Architecture and Society Series- October 20th - Reconstructing...
Architecture and Society Series. A monthly series with architects & allied practitioners highlighting the relevance of architecture in terms of current social and professional concerns. This month...
View ArticleRejection & Recovery in the History of Art (Boston, 24-25 Mar 17)
What happens to the ideas and materials that end up in the scrap bin of history?While some projects are laid waste, others are repurposed or reimagined. The 33rd Annual Boston University Graduate...
View ArticleIndia needs $1 trillion for housing, infrastructure projects: Report
India will require investments of $1 trillion over the next 5-7 years to meet demand from infrastructure and housing with banks, private equity and NBFCs likely to be main sources of funds, says a...
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